Friday, August 22, 2003

Everyday Ethics: Tourists should learn more about ecology
Q: My fiance is eager to visit the Galapagos Islands, but I've read that tourism can damage this ecologically sensitive area. It can also have questionable economic effects, increasing the number of local people who serve tourists at hotels and restaurants and such.

Products protect furniture from sun
We know that we should always be protecting our skin from harmful ultraviolet rays. But protecting our home furnishings, too? Yes. Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause floors, upholstery, drapes, wood furniture and artwork to fade.

The Vegetarian Touch
If you've been flirting with the idea of becoming a vegetarian, or at least eating more meatless meals as the weather gets warmer, how do you get started?

Reunions
A reunion for those who attended River Road Grade School from inception through 1964 will begin with registration at 10 a.m. Aug. 30 in the cafeteria of River Road High School. The reunion is also open to all employees, teachers, school board members, parents, etc. of the era.

Firefighters set poker run
The Potter County Firefighters Association will conduct a poker run beginning with the first bike out at 10 a.m. Sunday.

For Your Information
Palo Duro Lodge District 99 will sponsor its first annual blood drive in cooperation with Coffee Memorial Blood Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 1701 S. Polk St.

Oh So French
Tasters had nothing but praise for delicate, rich Goulibeur French butter cookies. Sizes vary, from a 5.6-ounce box of eight cookies ($4.50-$7) to a 10.5-ounce tin ($11-$12).

Extension service, farmer's market offer salsa recipe
The Potter and Randall counties extension services are offering free recipes for produce that can be found at the Golden Spread Farmer's Market, Eighth Avenue and Adams Street, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Book traces tennis fashion
NEW YORK - Long before Venus and Serena Williams stepped on to the courts wearing colorful, formfitting outfits, tennis and fashion enjoyed a close association.

Community coalition to discuss campaign
The Community Coalition for Prevention, Intervention and Treatment will meet at 10 a.m. today in Room 312 at Amarillo Independent School District Education Support Center, 7200 W. Interstate 40.

Earning respect
Clay Britten knew the reputation of six-man football in the 11-man world.

Pigskin Previews on way
The start of the football season locally is only 7 days away, and so is the Globe-News' annual Pigskin Preview.

Clarification
In the Randall County docket published in the Aug. 20 edition of the Amarillo Globe-News, a judgment was entered for Michael Anthony Tenorio to revoke probation on a charge of robbery with punishment assessed three years in Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, $1,000 fine and costs.

City lands Bell project
Bell Helicopter Textron will grow in Amarillo with the addition of a second program, depending upon a Pentagon decision, Mayor Trent Sisemore said Thursday.

Excavation begins for Globe-News Center
The Hunt Construction Group of Dallas and subcontractors are digging holes to sink 133 concrete-steel piers as the main support for the new $27.8 million Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Amarillo.

Study: Surgery worth wait
A major study of heart attacks shows emergency angioplasties work so much better than drugs that they are usually worth the wait of a hospital transfer - a finding that could reshape guidelines for the 1.1 million Americans who suffer heart attacks each year.

Gov. Richardson seeks support on stops in Clovis, Portales
CLOVIS, N.M - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson stopped in Clovis and Portales on Wednesday to drum up support for two educational-based state constitutional amendments. The two amendments will come before voters Sept. 23 for approval.

HPISD raises taxes to cover budget hike
Highland Park Independent School District board raised taxes about 2 cents per $100 taxable property value on Wednesday to help cover a budget with an increase of about 5 percent.

10,000 Harleys rolling into town for rest stop
About 10,000 Harley-Davidson enthusiasts and their motorcycles are expected to converge in the area of Tripp's Harley-Davidson at 6040 W. Interstate 40 today for a rest stop on their way to Milwaukee for the 100th birthday of the legendary motorcycle company.

Education is available for Bell staff
Engineering programs are in place in Amarillo to provide more workers and continue educating already employed engineers if Bell Helicopter should need more such staff.

Midweek start smooth
Amarillo students have two days of school under their belt, and after today, they'll head home for the weekend.

Editorial: Monument is not desegregation
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to enter the fray Wednesday regarding a controversial stone monument containing the Ten Commandments displayed in the Alabama Judicial Building.

Southwest Outdoors: Hunting changes at Lake Meredith
After 15 years of attending well over 200 press conferences and media events where one is forced to endure some of the most boring or insulting presentations by folks who seem to think an outdoor writer should accept propaganda without daring to ask any hard questions, it came as a total surprise to discover that last week's meeting concerning the new hunting rules at the Lake Meredith Recreation Area had some federal employees who listened to the public.

Texas Tech Football Notes
High jumpers out: The Texas Tech football team plans to end the strategy of using a tall player to jump and block field goals. Special teams coach Ruffin McNeill said Wednesday the Red Raiders will use a jumper only in desperate situations - such as when the opponent attempts a game-winning field goal.

Houston beats Cubs, 9-3
HOUSTON - Craig Biggio hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros beat Kerry Wood for the third time this season with a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

Glenn raring to see Texans' first-game action
HOUSTON - Aaron Glenn flew to the ball just like always. He arrived ahead of the receiver, met the oncoming pass and finally corralled it as he fell out of bounds at his own goal line, landing at the feet of an official.

Saugus, Mass., beats Richmond in semifinals
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Tears in the dugout turned to a celebration on the field when Saugus, Mass., which blew an eight-run lead, scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and beat Richmond, 14-13 Thursday night in the U.S. semifinals of the Little League World Series.

Steelers score late, beat Cowboys, 15-14
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers haven't had a winless exhibition season in 38 years. Brian St. Pierre, a quarterback not guaranteed of making the team, may have prevented another.

Pigskin Previews on way
The start of the football season locally is only 7 days away, and so is the Globe-News' annual Pigskin Preview.

Big 12 schools unlikely to ask Baylor to leave
A murdered player, NCAA violations and an attempted coverup of misdeeds by the head coach have raised questions about the future of Baylor men's basketball and whether the school needs to stay in the Big 12.

Valparaiso's Scott Drew to coach at Baylor
WACO - Scott Drew is leaving Valparaiso to take over the challenge of repairing a Baylor basketball team torn apart by the death of a player, the shame-filled resignation of coach Dave Bliss, a string of transfers and potentially strong NCAA violations.

Sports Brief: Clarett's instructor meets with NCAA
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Ohio State teaching assistant who charged that star tailback Maurice Clarett received preferential academic treatment met Wednesday for more than two hours with NCAA officials and a university committee.

Coming home
A coaching change at the University of Wyoming brought former Pampa High standout Jeff Warren back to his roots.<

Cubs' Prior stops Astros
HOUSTON - Mark Prior took a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Chicago Cubs moved within a half-game of the Houston Astros in the NL Central with a 6-0 victory Wednesday night.

Baseball Today
Pittsburgh tied a team record with seven home runs in a 14-0 win over St. Louis on Wednesday night. The only other time the Pirates hit seven homers was against the Cardinals on Aug. 16, 1947, at Pittsburgh.

Bettis benched just before season start
PITTSBURGH - Jerome Bettis, the 10th leading rusher in NFL history, will start the season on the Pittsburgh Steelers' bench following his surprise demotion Wednesday by coach Bill Cowher.

Wie tees it up with men in Canadian tour
BRIMLEY, Mich. - Some kids will do almost anything to put off the first day of school. Michelle Wie, for example, can report a day late next week if she makes the cut in the Bay Mills Open Players Championship.

Bachelor party: Curtis tied for lead
AKRON, Ohio - British Open champion Ben Curtis has a chance to make history again, this time as the only player to start a golf tournament as a bachelor and win it as a husband.

Demos amend lawsuit
AUSTIN - Eleven boycotting Democratic senators added to their federal lawsuit in Laredo on Wednesday, claiming that Republicans pushing congressional redistricting are trampling on their constitutional rights to free speech and due process as well as violating a voting rights law.

FBI: Bomb used old explosives
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The truck bomb that devastated the U.N. headquarters here was a crude combination of explosives from Saddam Hussein's old military arsenal, including a giant 500-pound bomb, an FBI investigator said Wednesday. But U.S. and Iraqi officials said it was too early to say who was behind the attack.

Sniper slayings drug related, deputy says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Investigators said Wednesday that two of last week's three slayings outside West Virginia convenience stores were apparently drug-related, not the acts of a sniper choosing victims at random.

Other FirstEnergy outages blamed on old equipment, overgrown trees near wires
CLEVELAND - The electric utility at the center of the blackout inquiry already faced official complaints for earlier power outages blamed on outdated equipment and trees too close to power lines, public records show. Those failures in a Cleveland suburb are among some of the same problems linked to last week's massive outages.

Market Summary
NEW YORK - Sluggish earnings from Hewlett-Packard pressured Wall Street on Wednesday, although losses were limited as investors remained largely optimistic about a speedy economic recovery.

Alabama justices order monument to be moved
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's top judge refused to back down in his fight to keep a Ten Commandments monument and lashed out at his colleagues who ordered it removed from the rotunda of the state judicial building.

Today in History
On Aug. 22, 1775, Britain's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion.

Check this Out
BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - Residents of Battle Mountain raised their armpits with pride in a tribute to their town and underarms everywhere.

Around The World
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Arthur Helton, who actively defended the rights of Haitians fleeing by boat to the United States, died Tuesday in the terrorist attack on U.N. headquarters in Baghdad. He was 54.

Saddam's henchman, 'Chemical Ali,' captured
WASHINGTON - One of Saddam Hussein's most notorious henchmen, a senior general nicknamed "Chemical Ali," is in U.S. custody and will be interrogated to see whether he has any knowledge of guerrilla operations in Iraq, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Driver rescued after three days
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - A driver stranded for about three days after his van plunged 500 feet off a mountain highway was rescued early Thursday by firefighters responding to a blaze he set to get attention.

Today in History
One hundred twenty-five years ago, on Aug. 21, 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y.

High court rejects Commandments appeal
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on Wednesday lost a last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to save a Ten Commandments monument he installed in a judicial building, clearing the way for its removal.

Check this Out
DES MOINES, Iowa - More than $260,000 was still missing a day after $320,000 in cash fell out of an armored truck, state troopers said.

Elizabeth Smart movie to air in fall
SALT LAKE CITY - A two-hour CBS television movie about Elizabeth Smart's nine-month kidnapping ordeal is expected to be aired in November, her father said Thursday.

Market Summary
NEW YORK - A trio of upbeat economic reports ranging from jobless claims to regional manufacturing Thursday cheered Wall Street, prompting investors to pick up shares on strengthening expectations of a solid recovery. The Nasdaq composite index reached another 16-month high.